Green

I can't love REM. I don't know why

A very sad 2. Didn’t click with me at all.

Ei pöllömpi! Tykkään Documentista enemmän 3/5

Kiinnostava ja yllättävän raikas, ottaen huomioon että alun perin tehty kasarilla! 4/5

Start is four stars, wind in hair you’re flying then a bit whiny for me back half.

Something about the voice and chord progression of this album did not really grab me

This was good, I think. Not any of the REM I was used to, but some good tracks nonetheless.

This was cool I guess, not bad not good

Good stuff as always from R.E.M. I dig the environmentalist themes. Tragically as relevant today as ever.

Yeah it was alright, I like the mandolin

I'm starting to hate REM. whingey fucking vegetarian music. GROW SOME BALLS. Paul McCartney is vegetarian and makes fun music, why can't these guys?

There are good R.E.M albums out there and this isn’t one of them, wouldn’t say I hate it but it doesn’t have to be here Oh no ive said too much I haven’t said enough 😉

REM is that Gen X band that seems too cool and intelligent, if I had an older brother I'd imagine him listening to an REM album in his room and sighing that I wouldn't understand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjhsZ8ZMTzY Champagne comedy

R.E.M. go major label with a glossier result, but the same underlying songwriting strengths and idiosyncratic lyrics. Standouts are ‘World Leader Pretend’ and ‘Orange Crush’

ssookay I knew 2 songs from this album, ya know the two. Orange crush is good, I think this might be a good road trip album when you run out of your regular music. I've never heard it in its entirety before, it has a feel to it, not my feel but a 90s nostalgia that makes me think of Delia's catalog dresses and teen smoking.

Has a couple fire tracks!

I have a hard time clicking with REM. Always have and apparently always will. Each album will have a couple of stand out pop hits, one dark track ("I Remember California") and a bunch of filler. None of it is bad, it just never strikes me as consistent. 2.5 stars for a neutral offering.

It's okay. I guess

oh yeah baby!!!

So close to a perfect album for me. Just a couple of tracks that are a bit of a miss, wrong child being the stand out one. Overall though great, but not in the same league as AFTP

Not bad but not really my thing. Probably won't listen to the full thing again. Stand is obviously a stand out (heh) but my favourite track was Orange Crush.

Alternative Rock, 1988 -> 3

It's no Automatic for the People, but it's good stuff.

It’s 90% awesome, 10% annoying. They were the first band I saw live without my parents, so bonus points for nostalgia’s sake!

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4.5 amazing background flow music

Great great alt rock, Mike mills makes this a hell of a listen. Second half can drag a bit?? Maybe. One of the best opening tracks of any alt rock album I reckon.

Meh. Too much mandolin.

It's fine? I just really struggle with REM

One step further into pop territory, but there’s still enough of those buzzing, shadowy guitars

Pretty good stuff. Probably their best album, but it still feels like ''U2 with a twist''.

There's something really special to me about "Green" that I can't explain... There's a warm melancholic feel overall, a subtle psychedelic folk savor and I think that it's the greatest performance and delivery of Michael Stipe.

++: Pop Song 89, Get Up, Stand, Turn You Inside-Out, Hairshirt +: The Wrong Child +-: You Are The Everything, World Leader Pretend, Orange Crush, I Remember California, Untitled 6,9/10

Mkt bra album. Borde ha lyssnat mer på rem genom åren.

Great listen. Will definitely revisit.

Pretty decent. I think they've made better albums though.

Indiemuziek in al zijn verschillende gedaantes op één plaat, van introverte indie folk ('You Are The Everything') tot levenslustige power pop ('Orange Crush'). Maar bovenal gewoon damn goeie popmuziek. Niet echt fan van sommige fases in de carrière R.E.M., maar dit is een snapshot van hun loopbaan waar ik vaker op terug ga vallen. Nu 'Break My Stride' van Matthew Wilder on repeat om 'Stand' uit m'n hoofd te krijgen. 8/10 Highlights: You Are The Everything Stand World Leader Pretend Orange Crush

R.E.M. had best wat platen nodig voor hun mainstream doorbraak en hits in 1991 en 1992. Maar het echt iconische en typische janglepop-werk vinden we natuurlijk in de jaren 80. Green bungelt daar voor mijn gevoel een beetje tussen. Het is één van de R.E.M. platen die ik het beste ken. Het heeft de toegankelijkheid van de jaren-90 albums maar klinkt nog niet helemaal zo. Voorganger Document klinkt alternatiever en is dan weer bijna niet te overtoepen. Dus ook al is Green overall een super sterke plaat en is R.E.M. gewoon één van mijn all-time favourites komt de plaat net de te kort voor een full score. 8/10 Highlights Stand Orange Crush

average

Niet per se fan van rem

Ok

Banger. I forgot how good this album was.

with the exception of Automatic for the People, late 80s/mid 90s R.E.M. albums (you know, when they hit it big finally) have the unfortunate distinction of setting the band up for a killer Greatest Hits comp. Out of Time has "Losing My Religion" (and "Shiny Happy People" if you're a contrarian), Monster has "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?". Green, their first big label joint, has "Orange Crush". (and "Stand". cue Ben Wyatt's 3 second long claymation animation.) of course, "Orange Crush" is good. in fact, the whole album's pretty good? the track ratings (and initial evaluation by Toefucker Christgau) betray a fall-off that i don't think exists? all the folkier tracks still have that same warm quality to it that foreshadowed "Losing My Religion", and it gives the whole record a weird, freaky nature boy quality. that is not just my shit, it's the next house over's shit, too, whether they like it or not. otherwise, all the tracks are solid, better than most of their 80's output that i've heard, even. the weakest song is "Stand", and hey -- it sounds like "La Bamba". who hates "La Bamba?" maybe i'm biased. i found an original pressing of this with the 4s spot varnished over the Rs in my grandma's basement years back. it's a nice, warm record. good for the coming summer.

Fun album! I'm surprised I like this because I used to hate this band when I was a kid. I only knew "Losing my religion" back then and I thought it was boring af. So I'm glad I'm rediscovering this band now. I think this is a solid album.

I hear they hadn't yet found the very signature sound I remember from later, but I haven't heard a lot. The voice is very recognizable, though.

I am going to take a stand and say I have always like this album and the "sound" of REM.

Since I gave Automatic For The People 5, and will almost certainly give Out Of Time the same, I can't really give this any less. Stand and Orange Crush are the standout songs, but there are a LOT of great tracks on this.

Yeah, it's not as good as Automatic For the People, and I went into this thinking it was mostly just the hits - but actually every song is really solid, and it threads the line between whimsy and existentialism in the way that only REM can. I wasn't aiming to give REM 5 stars across the board, but if they continue to make albums like this it's going to be hard not to!

...should we talk abaaat tha govaaarnmeeent!!!??

Not a bad album. Not a particularly interesting or captivating one, but decent.

This is the album that began my life’s infatuation with REM

First song was good but didn't like the rest. I don't need to listen to this many R.E.M. albums

Very good album but the beginning of the homogeneity of their sound. After this all their albums sound the same.

A little overhyped?

I think this was weaker than Murmur. I don't think its bad, but I don't really like it either.

Rating Date- April 6, 2025 Initial Rating- 4 Album Number- 100 Album Plays-Previously Owned Top Tracks- You Are the Everything Orange Crush Turn You Inside Out Skip Tracks- Stand Listening Notes- Polarizing album for a fan of R.E.M. Stipe is more clear with his singing, and the band is evolving and growing melodically. However, it also seems like the beginning of another favorite artist becoming more commercial. Will always remember the album fondly, and still enjoy listening to this day.

4.2

on a song-by-song level, there are some gems. in total, it's mostly annoying

Pretty good, nothing special really just pretty good guitar pop/alt rock, wasn’t a big fan of the last two songs or the more calmer songs, they were fine but felt a bit too long for what they were. Highlights were world leader pretend and orange crush. Also cool how this made Cobains top 50 albums i can see the influences I guess. Overall 5.5/10.

I think I prefer this album to the massive albums they had later. This album still has the college radio alternative vibe. I don’t think I’ve listened to this since college. This album has so many folk elements. This album is better than I remember it.

Bra klassisk rock! Turn you inside out var riktigt bra! Det fanns några låtar jag inte kände så mycket för, men de flesta var riktigt bra!

Overall good. Some great tunes and a transitional sound for REM.

R.E.M. may have released better albums, but what Green means to me can't be measured. It reached me at precisely the right time in my life, with enough off-kilter energy, and earnestness for me to identify with. Stoned into paralysis, lying on my friend's floor, I found myself in awe of R.E.M.. the strangeness of Michael Stype's lyrics, especially his delivery on "World Leader Pretend", the frankness of "Stand", the bravado of "Orange Crush" and "Turn You Inside Out", the beauty in"You Are the Everything" and "Hairshirt"; I let it all wash over me (these last two moved me to tears). That night, as I drifted off to sleep, all I could think about was Green.

Solid guitar based melodies. Good. Album

Very patchy.

this is a really good album. i'm not a huge rem listener but i'm going to have to come back to some of these songs i haven't heard before, though orange crush is still my favorite track off this album

#544. It's REM. It's exactly what you expect. If you expect to like it, maybe you will, but there is nothing you can say to convince me REM is good. 2/5: a bit shit

I've got my spine, I've got my Orange Crush, I've got my early-20s angst reframed as nostalgia, and I'm not mad about it.

I like this album a LOT. Not only does it immediately take me back to the place i was in when it came out but it's just a solid album with a good mix of songs in a great order. It's also the album that started REMs rise to more mainstream over simply a big college radio band. I'm sure MTV had a role to play in that.

A little bit mellow, nothing to complain about.

Favourite Tracks: -Pop Song 89 -Stand

Not a lover of REM but this was ok in parts. Favourite tracks: Pop Song 89 & Stand Probably not one to revisit. 2/5

I remember I had out of time by R.E.M on CD in middle school. This doesn't really sound like I remember them sounding. This was good though and I though the front half was especially strong

This shit sucks

Not my favourite I don't really like the voice of the lead singer much

One of my favourite albums of all time, so it's fun to get to listen to it to start. I think I'm finally ready to admit that I don't like the song 'Stand'.

Middle point between the early years and losing my religion, they started to pick up alternate instruments (mandolin and accordion). There are good songs in here but as a whole it did not grab me like future REM albums.

it's giving they might be giants if they just played it safe

I've heard this so much i don't need to be back here it's like ok, not their best at all

It's such a different world.

4/10 Imma be real chief, this aint it, this is my first exposure to REM and it’s just been a bitter taste of mediocre Alt-Rock in its most dated sense. Here’s hoping their best records make a better impression on me. Shoutout to the 80s alt dudes who had to get freaky to this music tho

Nice to go beyond the hits. Tracks were all decent but none really shone out for me

So shit ngl. Horrible voice and lyrics are fucking weird.

I love some R.E.M. songs, but I’ve never loved an R.E.M. album. For example, Pop Song 89 and Orange Crush were excellent, but The Wrong Child and Hairshirt were not enjoyable. They’re great songwriters, but I think part of the issue is that I’ve never liked Michael Stipe’s singing. Now that I think about it, he doesn’t sing but rather talks through my favourite R.E.M. song (Man on the Moon), and yells through the other (Shiny Happy People). Anyway, 3.5 stars.

Cool album

R.E.M. are so amazing!

[3.5]

Another REM album i enjoyed and don't know why. I do like their 80s stuff

הפתיע אותי מאוד, מבסוט עליהם

משעמם קצת אבל מעריך את הכוונה שלהם

I am notoriously (at least among my music-discussing friends) not a big REM fan, though I definitely respect what they did for alternative music/culture, and there are some REM songs I do love. If you care about why I think I don't love REM as much as some others my age, ask me about my Older Sibling Theory. All of that being said, the hits on this album are among the first REM songs I remember being exposed to on MTV (after the tracks off Document that got a lot of airplay) and I generally like them. I like this album now but it annoyed me back then. I also like most of what REM did before this album more than I like what they did after it, so this was kind of an inflection point.

Few good songs but brought down by others on the album being quite uninteresting.

pretty good. reminds me of the music dad listens to (because he actually does listen to R.E.M. LMFAO). put this on while studying, ‘twas an easy listen. i liked it well enough, wouldn’t really go out of my way to listen to much BUT i did like “Turn You Inside-Out” because it was more similar to what i usually listen to! solid 3/5 (would give it a 4 but i have a feeling there will be some genuine 4’s down the road so i’d rather be harsh now…)

I’m not sure why this simple music is considered smart? Is it because it’s so impossibly white? Stipe’s childish lyrics and atonal vocals, joined by average rock-folk instrumentals, and you somehow get a legion of pampered white collegiate devotes swooning to their groove. Ugh. What the loving fuck? Hard to find a more overrated group.

preeeeetty aight! some great classics in there

Stand and Orange Crush are good songs. Started pretty weak, and sounded a lot the same. After Orange Crush, the album got quite good. I will say 3, maybe 2.5 but rounded up.

Some decent tracks are still REM tracks

It's okay. A little meh. REM isn't my jam.

As mediocre as ever

Sustain on the guitar, jangly melodies over that, lyrics that either don't make sense or too much sense. Hello, this is REM.

My R.E.M not quite getting it issue continues. I like this album I don’t love it. It’s obviously a really good album though. Also bad news that Buck found a mandolin. Ruined that band for good.

Gut aber austauschbar

R.E.M. is one of the GOATs.

Whiney.

1/10 I only truly resonated with one song off this album, I also found that I didn’t fancy the lyricism throughout my listening. Unfortunately this was not to my taste at all.

It's like kinda good but also not for me. Will I listen to again: 15%

God, these Mike Mills backup vocals are transcendent.

This album felt very safe and inoffensive. Yes, I'm aware that they did some experimentation, such as including the using of a mandolin and other sounds, but I think it all just came out very dull.

2,5

I don't like R.E.M. I'll give this a 2/5 since there are a couple of hits on it (not that they are hits for me) as a legacy valuation. Would be a 1 otherwise.

pop song 89- 5 get up- 5. i hate homie's voice you are the everything- 4 stand- 5 world leader pretend- 4 the wrong child- 4 orange rush- 5 or 6 turn you inside out- 5 hairshirt- 3 or 4. i hate this i remember california- 5 untitled- 5 rem walks a very thin line between me liking them or hating them. but as it stands now, i dont care much about them

An REM album I had never listened to all of until now. But man I played a lot of Orange Crush on Rock Band. Great song. On a great album.

Enjoyable but nothing special.

о цього, ми вже знайомились із дебютним альбомом R.E.M., монументальною роботою, що заклала перші камінчики у фундамент альтернативного року як жанру. Роки шли, і R.E.M. продовжували, один за одним, створювати гарні jungle pop альбоми. Проте якогось «творчого вибуху» у них особливо не спостерігалось. І Green став саме цим «вибухом». На ньому гурт зробив величезний крок вперед в плані сонрайтингу, та перейшов від звичного Jungle Pop звучання до чогось більш експериментального та еклектичного. Аранжування стали більш багатими, багатошаровими та «соковитими». А завдяки експериментам із додаванням мандоліни та віолончелі, мелодії стали більш текстурними. Лірично альбом «сяє», втім як і минулі роботи R.E.M. В текстах, Michael Stipe, з властивою йому іронією, звертає увагу на проблеми навколишнього середовища, та влучно перелітає це із темою особистих переживань. Саме цей альбом ознаменував старт «експериментального» періоду у творчості R.E.M, що розкриється на Out Of Time(1991), і по-справжньому «розквітне» на Automatic For The People (1992).

Found vocals quite grating and music boring.

I was never much of a fan of R.E.M

Great album to beautiful and rockin

A bit underwhelming honestly, especially when compared to Out of Time or Document. Still enjoyable but not an album I'll listen to start to finish again. 5.5/10 (2.75/5)

This is an example of how important arranging is, in that their dull playing spoils the chance of pretty interesting melodies turning into great songs

R.E.M. to nie jest muzyka dla mnie, podobnie jak U2. Przelatuje przeze mnie kompletnie bez śladu, mimo dwóch odsłuchów ledwo pamiętam, co tam się wydarzyło. Pierwszy utwór był całkiem spoko, coś tam czasami mnie chwytało w jego popowym brzmieniu. Któryś kolejny utwór przywoływał na myśl "Losing My Religion", to też było ok. Ale ogólnie bez szału.

Wow you can do political message and good songs at the same time? If only U2 knew that...

Accordian in you are everything is cool. Fiber slapp in orange crush I remember California is pretty cool

I was not immediately inspired when I listened to this recently and will have to listen again to give it another chance (REM being one of my most-listened groups) If in the top 1001 Albums, it would be quite far down the list!

Aquí comienza el ascenso imparable de REM hacia el éxito. Un trabajo impecable, de un grupo ejemplar como pocos. Se podría comparar, en cierto modo, con Goo de Sonic Youth por haber sido el disco de debut en una multinacional sin perder su estilo y dando pasos adelante. Sus cinco primeras canciones componen un inicio difícilmente igualable. Contiene tres de sus mejores temas: Pop song 89, Stand y la mejor del lote: World leader pretend, pero hay otras gemas: Get up (un tema realmente bueno), Orange crush y Turn you inside-out (claramente influidas por Gang of four, con quienes compartieron gira en esa época) y por supuesto You are everything que anticipa lo que vendrá en Out o f time o Automatic for the people. Misma línea que siguen The wrong child, Hairshirt, o I remember California, con presencia de cuerdas y mandolinas. Untitled es un pintoresco final, que amplía la diversidad del álbum. Una obra que les abre las puertas del reconocimiento masivo, crítico y público, con todo merecimiento. Se le ha minusvalorado en exceso entre su excelsa discografía pero en mi opinión alcanza un perfecto equilibrio entre todo lo que ha hecho REM constituyendo una de sus más sólidas y recomendables obras.

Shite

I mean yeah it’s dad rock

Definitely enjoyed. Girl From Mars was a favorite and would come back for that one.

So much going on under the top layer, like a trifle of magic.

Hmm, okay enough.

Great sounding album. I liked it

I love R.E.M.’s indie “jangle pop” leanings and arrangements when the tracks hit (like “Stand”), but there were a few songs that were kinda “meh”.

A few enjoyable cuts, but as a whole not a standout.

I was ready to trash this but was pleasantly surprised by it's upbeat, major key pop rock approach, being chock full of catchy songs, great harmony and some unusual instrumental sounds back vocals and some unusual instruments like mandolin, accordion and cello. The band apparently had a slightly cynical approach to writing pop songs that don't sound like REM but this is the best album I've heard from them.

It was a bit boring really

Stand with your head up your ass. Never got the deal with this band, still don't!

This is a good album. REM were omnipresent throughout my student years and whilst not objectionable it did get a bit too much and ultimately I got a bit bored by them. Revisiting it now has reminded me that it is still a good album but I still can't quite shake those old feelings

Standard R.E.M. stuff. I'm afraid that I was present in the room where it was played, but not really listening.

Beige

Alternative before everyone knew what alternative was.

Klinkt erg naar rem je hoort zeker hun grootste hits er in terug

Great album opener

A bit nostalgic for me. I was surprised how many songs I had heard before off of here. Good overall.

Heard before cracking. I love R.E.M

Favorite track: pop song 89 other picks: stand, wrong child, orange crush, hair shirt

Not my favorite R.E.M. album, but the highs are high enough to get to a 4. 3.8

Hated it then, love it now. If you weren't there then, hearing Stand every 8 flippin minutes the you don't know.

One of their best

Well I've already heard this but yeah it's fantastic. Don't really have anything negative fi say. Good songs all the way through.

不好听，很英伦摇滚。

Good album, but not my favorite REM album.

Best album I've had so far. I knew two or three of the songs, and I liked them all, but I wasn't expecting the album to be so damn good. Going to have to get into their other albums!

This is R.E.M.’s sixth album and their first on a major record label, which introduced a noticeable shift in their music. That shift is probably what sets this album apart and why it doesn’t resonate with me as much as their earlier work. In the ’90s, I didn’t care much for R.E.M. when I heard their commercial hits on the radio, but that changed when I went back and started listening to their first album and worked my way through their discography. That’s when I realized they were a band I genuinely enjoyed, especially for their strong jangle pop elements. This album still features plenty of jangly guitars, but it has a more polished rock and alternative anthem feel, which is what made me overlook them back in the day. I wasn’t particularly drawn to the vibe of the music I heard on the radio. However, now that I have a better understanding of their earlier music, I’ve softened my stance on those radio hits. Still, this album undeniably has a more polished, commercially saturated sound compared to their previous work.

Love REM and such a pity they no longer make records. This album though is my least favourite. I much prefer some of their other albums. But there is no doubting that this record could have been made by no others than REM as it is full of their trademark songs. 4/5 28/2/25

After that last album, I was terrified when the first song of this one kept repeating ‘shall we talk about the government’ Then realised it’s that band that made them two alright songs Losing My Religion and Everybody Hurts. Neither were on this album. But it was alright, just very samey throughout. Nothing inspiring or exciting

A bit middle of the road. Orange Crush and Stand are the highlights and I think were the singles. Songs were ok and it made for a good hangover listen, pretty chilled. Not my fave R.E.M, that award goes to Monster.

The singles are fantastic but the rest of the album falls flat.

It was fine, but I've never been an REM fan.

I've always had a soft spot for this one, though I get the impression true R.E.M. fans might be a little embarrassed by it. "Stand" is one of my all-time favorite bops!

I like this a lot

Yeah it was fun!

Goh, dit is nou niet echt een album waar ik heel warm van word. Het mist ook nog eens de hits van R.E.M. Ik weet niet man, ik vind dit echt een dodelijk saai album. De zang is meh, instrumentaal gebeurt er naar mijn mening niet genoeg. Krijg nogal Radiohead vibes hiervan, wat in mijn geval is dat er het generieke rock is met een ontzettend vervelende zeikerige zanger er overheen. God, dit album duurt maar 40 minuten, maar ik verveel me echt dood hierop. Het is echt niet slecht hoor, totaal niet, maar het is gewoon zulke saaie inspiratieloze meuk, voor mijn ongeoefende oren dan. Dat kan natuurlijk volledig aan mij liggen, maar dat is het nadeel als je mensen zelf laat reviewen. Ook zat mensen die Daft Punk niets vinden, en die hebben objectief gezien gewoon een verkeerde mening. FAVO: Orange Crush

I know it’s their breakout, but 90’s REM does more for me. Some great songs and some misses.

reminds me of driving to soccer practice w my mom

gostei

Fantastic. Even on Kurt Cobain’s top 50 albums list in his journals. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cobain-50/id1667648172?i=1000662513361

The messaging is great.Many of the songs are well played and there is a good mix of flat out rock songs and the softer ballads (often accompanied by a mandolin). "Stand" is a great song. 4/5 Will listen again

R.E.M. is the kind of band that made you wonder if that cryptic fortune cookie was actually written by Michael Stipe himself. With jangly guitars that sounded like they were plucked from the secret stash of a forgotten record store and lyrics that danced between profound philosophy and “What on earth did he just say?”, they became the unsung heroes of alternative rock—like that cool cousin who never quite reveals all his secrets at family gatherings.

There’s a lot of great stuff here. It’s not my favorite, but it’s still very good. 3/5

I seriously will never understand the praise R.E.M get because their music sounds so plain to me. Artists from Thom Yorke to Kurt Cobain have praised their work endlessly and countless will tell me they're brilliant but I don't understand it. It's a feeling I cannot place my finger on but their music doesn't speak to me, however I will be forever thankful to Michael Stipe for his contribution to 'How To Disappear Completely'. Although a okay album there's very little that stands out for me, even on albums I have given a 1 star there's the odd standout track but these all blended together for me bar maybe 'I Remember California'. 4/10 Overrated band. Top Tracks -> I Remember California

I don't know that I've heard many albums age better than this. Would guess it came out 5-10 years later than it did.

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R.E.M. almost always good sounds, good writing - only a couple dead spots on here.

Not fan of all the lyrics but some really.interesting sounds here. Some lovely ones in fact but don't think I'll be reaching to add to a playlist. Sometimes he screeches words like okayyyy and I'm not sure I like it. Orange crush is a banger of course Didn't mind turn you inside out either tbh Also I like the guitar on I remember california

Michael Stipe's voice is nasally and a bit annoying but pretty ok musically

another album from R.E.M. on this collection. this album has more of their typical softer sound, but opts to add in some quirky, almost folksy sounding techniques this time around. many songs are emotional and resonate with a lot of listeners. initially i wasn't feeling it too much, but the more i listened the more i liked it. there's a few tracks here that are just downright beautiful to listen to.

Nunca he entendido muy bien la pasión que R.E.M. son capaces de generar. Quizá puesto en contexto gane puntos, pero, en general, sus álbumes me suenan a grunge/alt rock típico de los noventa. Y no es que tenga nada de malo; al contrario, me parece música de calidad y muy agradable de escuchar. Las letras, aunque un poco crípticas, son de corte político y se mantienen relevantes. La inclusión de mandolinas y violines es interesante, aunque puede resultar irritante a veces. Música alternativa, pero de masas al mismo tiempo. Me cuesta darle nota, así que, como siempre en este tipo de casos, lo voy a dejar en 3.

Seminal

Love this album

This juuuuust makes it to 4 stars. There were a few songs that I didn't care for, but I like the overall sound enough to generally enjoy the album. I like their guitar sound a lot, and Michael Stipe's voice and delivery are nice and distinct. Orange Crush rocks. Album cover: (B) This looks like it would be a 90's intellectual hip hop album.

This album is kind of great. Mr. Arden was my Year 7 and Year 8 form tutor. He was an older man teaching english kids about how to use bunsen burners, and he absolutely loved REM. He didn't like me at all, so I tried to make nice with him by listening to his favorite band. The outcome of this was that I fucked pretty heavy with REM for an eleven year old kid. "Orange Crush" and "Stand" were both on my iPod shuffle and they got a lot of play. All these years later, they are still bangers. The rest of the songs were pretty good too. 8/10 "Stand" and "Orange Crush" are iconic bangers, but I can't tell if that

Peak REM

7/10

This was brutally hard to listen to. I thought I liked R.E.M. (granted I only know their most popular songs), but I think I might be wrong on that account. I skipped the latter half of nearly every song because I couldn't stand for it to go on. The lead singer's voice grated on my last nerve. 0/5, if I could

I love R.E.M., but I've never actually listened to this one in full and was a little disappointed on the whole. The production is a step down from the IRS records. But it still has to be at least 4 stars, as Orange Crush is on here.

REM was always playing at home in my childhood. Could listen to Orange Crush on repeat.

This is the second R.E.M. album I've heard from this list now. Great vocals and will definitely be relistening in the future

Great as usual REM

I've never been the biggest of R.E.M. fans, but it is hard to argue with the quality of this. A solid 4/5.

Pleasently surprised by it

The radio hits are good songs. But Stipe is so self-righteous and with the hindsight of the way boomers and gen-x have destroyed society doesn’t sit well when I listen to REM albums.

I don’t get the hubbub. Orange Crush is great, and there’s a few good album cuts, but this is a far cry from their peak (Life’s Rich Pageant). The use of mandolin is a nice touch, and foreshadows greater commercial success to come

Not my fav REM

Feels overrated

Lot of good ones on here

THe single most important album I ever bought and then almost ruined before I could listen to it because the cassette tape unspooled.

Ik heb tot vandaag twee keer R.E.M. gehad en ik heb braaf twee keer vier sterren getrakteerd. Ook nu ik dit album een tijdje aan heb staan steven ik daar weer recht op af. Wederom zonder er heel veel bijzonders over te kunnen melden. De kwaliteit staat buiten kijf. Ik begin me wel meer en meer af te vragen of deze lijst teveel R.E.M. bevat. Eigenlijk vraag ik me het niet eens af: Het is gewoon zo. Eén à twee albums was voldoende geweest. Daar kan de band verder helemaal niks aan doen. Ik klik dus rustig op de vier sterren en ik laat het aan het algoritme wanneer ik op de vijf sterren mag gaan drukken voor Automatic for the People, om de R.E.M. sidequest te voltooien. Alles voor die handboog met een 0,003% dps verbetering.

Un par de canciones que me agradan, y el resto no, hasta me pareció escuchar algo parecido a "Hello I love you" de The Doors.

This is quintessentially fine

I like this more than I thought I would. Maybe I just discounted REM because I knew a few of their singles, but this is definitely an album that I would come back to. It struck me that they sound a little bit more like Barenaked Ladies than I had remembered.

The songs that I recognized (Stand and Orange Crush) are good, and the others aren't bad...but I do not like the lead singer's voice. Would easily be a 4 if the singing was a little more palatable. Not bad otherwise.

I only really enjoyed the two recognizable songs here. But even those are a bit repetitive for me. Nothing glaringly unpleasant, but also nothing that I enjoyed very much.

it was okay

Boring

A fantastic rock album.

Interesting album Orange crush stood out, great song

Что-то очень напоминает, а что не понимаю. Американская музыка, но ближе не к кантри, а к блюз-року, фолк-року. Чувствую американскую деревню в музыке вперемешку с Битлз.

One of my favorites.

Never listened to really any full REM albums other than Automatic for the People, they definitely sound like a less mature band in this one, most of the tunes don't stand out too much, but I think it's pretty good overall. Some of the songs get a little whiny and go on for a while, but such is the way of Michael Stipe. Oh man I forgot how fucking great Stand is, what a banger.

You know what I didn't hate this that much! James and I were disappointed at another REM but I knew quite a few of these. It was totally palatable

Eugh I just found this dreary and boring. I can't believe R.E.M. have four albums on this list. They are fine and have some good songs but it all sounds the same to me.

I really like a lot of REM I think I just have to spend more time with their albums. The songwriting is good but it’s just a bit dated maybe with the choices of instrumentation and production. Still really enjoyed this album and will likely return to it from time to time

Qué se yo, las letras tienen una pizca de sarcasmo y locura que me gusta, pero no es para nada mi tipo. Además, no pude rescatar nada para mis listas. Nota: 2.8

Haven't listened to much REM outside the hits. Pretty solid album here.

Every single song sounded like it could turn into Losing my Religion at any moment

Totally forgot how much I used to like listening to REM in my mid- late teens. Absolutely loved You are the Everything (perfect for teen (and middle aged) angst), Stand and Orange Crush. Might have to dust off my old albums now.

Quite enjoyed going back and listening to this. Stand and OC clearly the stand out tracks. Really enjoyed Hairshirt. 4 stars

First REM album I ever owned. Some really great songs. Some that I’m not that into. Nothing really bad on it though.

It's just good. One of those "I can't really explain why I like it or why it's good, it just is". Can't say anything on it is playlist, but I enjoyed listening to it, not a dud on the album.

This is #day176 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... here's to my first R.E.M. album on the list. I'm wondering what makes this record experimental, as they say. Is it the shift in the genre, or maybe it's the incorporation of new instruments, like the mandolin, which would become central to their next album? I think it's both, and more. Either way, R.E.M. is one of my favorite bands, and Michael Stipe's voice gives me the same kind of comfort as Neil Tennant's. Green is enjoyable from start to finish; there's not much to say when the music is this good. It's a great rock record, and I'm giving it a 5 out of 5. "I Remember California" is a gem I haven't paid attention to before. Wow! Looking forward to #day177.

Orange Crush is a great song. Otherwise, a decent but not overly standout album.

not my favorite

More stuff i've heard on the radio over the years. Tired and overplayed, but some good hits like orange crush. Not a huge fan.

Awful

Do like a bit of R.E.M.

Oscillating between cheesy and REM (which is to say: kinda cheesy) but that's what I'm looking for when I go to REM.

this album is just as disappointing now as it was when i first heard Orange Crush and asked my dad to let me listen to the entire album. it might be the most boring R.E.M. album

i do not like mr. R.E.M.'s vocals, which makes listening to him sing difficult. this was otherwise fine

Aren't there other R.E.M. albums on this list? Did we also need this one?

pfff... weeral REM ... gelukkig toch enkele goeie nummers... maar toch ook aardig wat fillers

The Wikipedia page states that REM experimented on this album but, honestly, to my ear, it sounds very similar to any other REM that I've heard. Perhaps some new instruments were used but it's still definitely REM. That's not a bad thing, as I generally like REM. It's an easy album to listen to. Not ground-breaking but not boring or offensive, either.

I’ve had these guys before and had the same thoughts: they’re inspiring, talented, and make great songs, but what a fucking downer he is as a singer.

Stand and Orange Crush. I guess I like REM

So many great songs I knew and enjoyed in the past, then haven't heard in years. The songs I didn't know were also very interesting!

I enjoyed this very much. Great songwriting. Interesting melodic lines, harmonies and syncopation. It just had a very unique feel. Love it!

This might be the most boring album I've ever heard. Not bad, but so boring.

It was nice but didn’t really stand out enough to keep

Started strong (fun REM) but faded (whiny REM).

Pretty standard 3 star album nothing too exciting but nothing too annoying either.

Pre - I'd always considered this the high water mark for the best (college rock) version of REM. Post - On relistening, I think it's got some strong singles (Pop Song, Stand, Orange Crush) and some good non singles (Turn You Inside-Out, Get Up). But the overall album is the slippery slope towards "Out of Time/Automatic For the People" (ie REM's folk version). So, I'd go with Document as the real high mark album for REM mk1.

I have never liked R.E.M. and never will. I do not like college rock.

The moment REM dropped any indie elements and went full pop. Also, the first album of theirs that I bought. I still love it, but the edge of the earlier stuff was gone from this point forward. This album is more upbeat than much of what followed, and the pop instincts are there.

Peak REM outside of Document. This album got major playtime when it was released and still makes my ears smile.

An excellent record, with clever lyrics, unconventional chord progressions and instrumentation, catchy hits and the gorgeous "Hairshirt" as the standout for me.

Crap

I mean it's fine, but all kinda blurs a bit together. The voice and tone triggers nostalgia in me, but only because of Wim Wenders' "Until the End of the World."

It's shit

I went in with pretty low expectations and although I wasn't totally blown away my expectations were exceeded. Did I just become an REM fan?

I didn't know much about this band. Heard the name before. I listened to the album but I'm not a fan.

Eifach langwielig. World Leadet Pretend bedient sic extrem de Harmonie vo Losing my religion oder eig umgekehrt.. Sorry - klimper , schrumm, singelsangel.

pop song 89 guete name haha. shoulndt talk about the weather (oder should we) guueti line. jo oder government. get up okay, afoch en lied. you are the everything het de rem mandoline, gfallt mer meh. sini stimm isch scho sehr cool. stand isch etz no cool gsi aber s wird mich glaub nüt umhaue. world leader pretend haha flamenco dinger. de falsche chind wieder mandolin aber sie singed glichzitig i nöd gern. has ghasst. orange crush kenni glaub, chli besser het slagzüg yaay. voll okay moll. turn you inside out het bass und chords un 80er drums dasch scho besser. wie meinsch hairshirt alte. sooooo alooone ok. isches es hoorigs liibli?? i rember 💀

puuu ja freue isch glaub s falsche wort pop song 89 het iwie en coole ahsatz vomene refrain aber ziehts nöd ganz durre? aber no cool get up 0 uufpasst you are the verything jsch zwar chli andersch aber finds gad arschlangwilig hmm stsnd isch zwar scho au en nervig easy catchy hahaha world leader rig na cool? aber iwie lauft alles chli ah mier verbii ja bö remember california hani seehr gern, isch iwie es düsters riff untitled sehr langwilig jaa bin chli z müed gsi, aber iwie hani de zuegang zu r.e.m. nöd würkli. schlecht ischs sicher nöd. 3

I was initially surprised to find that I didn't know many of these songs. But now I think if I heard them again, I might not remember them. A dull album, this.

Excellent album with many great hits!

This is another solid alt rock album by this band.

Ei jättänyt itsestään mitään muistamisen arvoista tämä. En kuuntele toiste.

Sort of repetitive.

Soothing and distinct voice the lead singer has. Enjoyable but nothing memorable on first listen.

can't even get past the first song, horrible, worst album of all time

Not my favorite REM album.

There's not really much I can say about this. It's just rather bland pop rock. Some catchy riffs, some fun lyrics, but nothing groundbreaking. Can't say it's bad, but this album is not something I would be excited to hear again. It's just fine.

They're great

MEh, I don't even know what to give this album. it's between 2 and 3 I'll go 2

One of the legitimate enduring gifts to us all from the late 80's.

Heartbreaking and beautifully eternal. This meant so much to me when it came out. The memories evoke bittersweet times.

What a groove. R.E.M never better.

It was alright, there were some things I liked and some things I didn't. Probablyyy won't be listening to this very often

It is REM. It is them at their best I guess. A good listen

I think this album deserves more love than I've king given it. As a entry into the world of REM it's a pretty good gateway drug. This is where REM says maybe we can join U2 as arena rock gods. It's got all the ingredients...a banger of an opening track that says sure we're kings of melody but we can play in the big leagues too. Stand also is a radio friendly song that is worthy of allvtre attention that it was getting and Orange Crush is an anthem worthy of the moniker. And REM has something that most others didn't have, the tasteful harmonies of Mike Mills and the incredible versatility of Peter Buck. When it came out I railed against it as the sound of a band that was giving in to the masses but what it is in fact is the flowering of a great band finally getting the wider audience that they deserved. 4 stars

2.5

I hate to say it as a Georgia native, but REM does nothing for me. I understand that it's a good album, just not for me.

•4/5 • firmly in their mass-market pop phase, it felt a bit like a sellout at the time, but it’s still a really good album • Stand and Orange Crush are undeniably catchy, but I prefer You Are the Everything and Get Up

Pretty cool sounding but not the most interesting.

R.E.M. is a nice band. And this album is also a nice album. But I don't really find anything more to say about it. It is nice. But not more.

rem sounds weird

Listen again to Orange Crush. Good album, calm atmosphere.

Great album, not their best but still very good with a couple of absolute classics on here.

Not as good as other albums. 2/5

I enjoyed this album as background music. On a close listen I noticed synthesized elements of Americana rock, punk, pop, etc. They blended these elements enough to make very palatable alt rock music, but overall nothing incredibly unique and ground breaking.

One of my favorite albums in the eighties

Not bad. I've never been a huge REM fan but they were unavoidable in my early teen years and therefore occupy some space in my brain.

At last Some 500 albums into this project I finally get an REM album Would I have put it on the list - probably not In fact I could make a case for 9 or 10 REM albums being better. But the 9th best REM album is still pretty bloody good! I always feel Green is the bridge between the early REM albums and the stadium conquering later ones. It has a foot in both camps and never quite excels in either Orange Crush is a classic but it gets marked down for me because Pop Song 89 and Stand are trying too hard to be quirky Call it a 3 only because I think pretty much the rest of their discography is 4+

5 out of 5. A good R.E.M. album behind Life's Rich Pageant.

Sucks

Really good pop rock album, lots of great tunes very light hearted

first album review! its 6 am and i found this on reddit but i am intrigued hehe. notable moments: stand - i really like the riff (?) in the middle of the song. also the song reminds me of what makes you beautiful by one direction LOL. turn you inside-out - so far my favorite to be honest i was zoning out and when it came to the guitar riff i was like this is kinda good especially the ending.

Enjoyed this more than their other album, still don’t love the sound but it did grew on me enough to give it a few extra listens

Eh.

10/01/25 Obviously I know how big REM are, but again it's just an average album, with one stand out song.

Solid college rock

Timeless classic

Praise be to the 1001 Album Generator Gods! I was as beginning to lose my faith in music.

I forget that I like REM

R.EM. is a band I think I like, but much of their earlier stuff actually has very little appeal to me.

Thoroughly enjoyable. REM can be easily digestable, but you also get the sense of hidden depth there. It really speaks to you. Probably the album I've been most concerned about listening to over the supermarket playlist lol

Long I have considered this as a bit of a weaker album in the long list of quality albums REM has released over their career. But slowly over the years I've realised that if it wasn't for hairshirt, this might've been a perfect album.

Day 6: Green - R.E.M. In this album, R.E.M. delivered some fantastic alternative rock music. R.E.M. pioneered alternative rock, which may be one of the most common music genres to this day. It features great and political lyrics which are still relevant to this day. I like the usage of the mandolin. The drumming is also great. The structure of the album is really nice. Orange Crush is one of my favourite songs, and that song alone warrants at least a 4/5 rating for the entire album. Adding on its significance, along with other factors, I'll give this a 5/5 rating. Personal Enjoyment: 5/5. How Much It Belongs Here: 5/5.

stand in the place where yo- 5/10 (may revisit)

Some REM fans sometimes complain about *Out Of Time*'s happy-go-lucky "Shiny Happy People", but I gotta say that the latter is still ten times better than the frankly obnoxious (and even infectious in all the worst senses of the word) "Stand". It's a song, which simply, I can't... *stand*. And which single-handedly prevented me from listening to this album at first. Now, here it is, I've vented out my negative feelings. And now, I can serenely state that apart from that particular cut, *Green* is still peak REM. From "Pop Song 89" and "Get Up" to "World Leader Pretend" and "Orange Crush", here is a collection of important, lively and catchy songs by the American band, adding to an already impressive collection of iconic tunes released during the eighties. And on the darkest or moodiest side of things, you also have deeper cuts such as "You Are The Everything", "Hairshirt" and the ominous "I Remember California" that nicely foretell the sorts of folk and/or atmospheric tones that would be found in *Out Of Time* and *Automatic For The People*. If I'm not mistaken, *Green* is the one REM record from Dimery's list that I once hesitated to place in mine. But today, as I'm listening to the album again, I feel it would be unfair to exclude it (*Stand* notwithstanding). So here we are. Call me a REM fan, I don't care. Without them, you would miss a key piece of the puzzle that rock music has been for seven decades now. 4/5 for the purposes of this list of essential albums. 9/10 for more general purposes (5 for musical competency + 4 for the artistry) Number of albums left to review: around forty, as I've gone over the 1000 line and this generator is including albums from all editions of the book Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 451 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 271 Albums from the list I won't include in mine: 326

Good, enjoyable but nothing exceptional